This Week in Sex: Married Kama Sutra, Sexy Halloween

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Playboy.com StaffOctober 27, 2013

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Not Having Sex the Newest Trend in Japan Here’s a fad we never thought would catch on with the youth: Celibacy. Sex might be the in thing to not do in Japan. More people, particularly young people, are choosing to stay single and are actively avoiding sex. A number of polls and surveys on the issue are coming up with surprising stats: 45 percent of Japanese women are saying they have no interest in sex and 25 percent of men say the same. Read more about the phenomenon on Time.com.“Sex Strike” Used by Colombian Women to Get Road Built

Withholding sex to make the world a better place is the plot of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata— a comedy where the women end a war by refusing to sleep with their husbands until there is peace. This tactic was brought into the real world by the women of the small town of Barbacoas in Colombia, who went on a “sex strike” to improve the living conditions of their community. The isolated village has only one road connecting it to civilization, and due to political corruption and inertia vital repairs have not been made on it. So the women of Barbacoas went on a sex strike until they got a promise the road would be repaired. Get the whole story on NyMag.com. Sexy Halloween Costumes That Shouldn’t Exist

We love Halloween! And we are not going to deny that the yearly appearance of ladies decked out in sexy Halloween costumes is one the major reasons it’s our favorite holiday. But some costumes that aim to be hot come out…creepy? We found some of the outfits in this video roundup of sexy WTF costumes rather disturbing. From an erotic hamburger disguise to Spongebob as a vixen, some of the real nightmare costumes might be the ones that are aiming for sexy.

The Married Kama Sutra

The Kama Sutra is an ancient sex manual of India; you might know it best from here on Playboy.com due to our video series featuring two Cybergirls instructing you in how to perform the sensual positions of the Kama Sutra. This book has been around for more than a thousand years, and now, finally, there’s a sequel: The Married Kama Sutra: The World’s Least Erotic Sex Manual. Learn how to do the “Dishwasher Position,” which is “when the man is loading the dishwasher and the woman must come over because he is loading it wrong.” See more from this humorous book with a preview on Huffingtonpost.com.Motivations and Good Sex

New research is showing that the reasons why we have sex are a factor in the quality of our sex. If we have “positive” motivations—to pleasure our partners, to deepen intimacy—it results in better lovemaking for both partners. Sex driven by “negative” motives, like having sex just to prevent a fight, is shown to be less pleasurable for all. Get the full scoop over on BusinessInsider.com.